City hall bills have temporary look

Some of the Colfax City water and sewer bills have been mailed out on computer paper stock because the city ran out of the normal cards which are mailed out in the middle of the month. About half of the 1,150 bills mailed out were on “blue bar” computer paper which was cut down for mailing, according to City Clerk Connie Ellis.

Unlike the card stock, the computer paper does not designate the due date for the bills. Ellis said they are due at the normal mid-month deadline, Jan. 15. They bills are for usage from mid-November to mid-December.

Some of the city bills were mailed out on normal cycle last week. After they discovered they were out of billing cards, the city contacted the supplier who said he had enough on reserve to provide cards for the rest of they run. However, the supplier’s reserve was also low, so Ellis decided to sent out the balance on the computer paper.